Bracelet construction



` Oct. 4,- 1927. 1,644,487

A.'PERSON BRACELET CONSTRUCTION Filed Julyfll, 1925 00000000000000000OOOOOOU INVENTOR MME/@uw ATTORNE Patente-dea. 4,1927.. d 1 u y i] rennerUNET El@ ES; "i y' .AXEL'PERSQNy oF ATTLmarono,A MASSACHUSETTS;AssrenonfroHARVEY CLA?A oo.; or Y "ATTLEBoRo, MASSACHUSETTS, APARTNERSHIP; i

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' s." VThis invention relates to bracelet construcseparatepartheldinplacebyfiangedlyer fton. One of the objects thereof is to. prof portions12a'an`d 13a ofthesidewalls;Y V The` vide a device of the, above natureof Simple` side'edges of the base member 14 are'prefer- Vand'practicalconstruction and'adapted to `.ablyundercutto accommodate theHangedisfactory manner. Another objectis to Ypron vided with a smooth,even surface adapted vide a bracelet construction which is com- `to restupon the wrist ofthe. wearer,

A fortablyl worn and which; atVV all times pre- Inside of each of thesehollow links10' is sents an attractive-and uniform appearance. aConnecting memberjorli'nk 15fwhich is slid-tV .lo'Another object istofprovide a 'flexible link able longitudinally.:within the. link IO,lAS 65 i y i* p,braceletconstruction-wherein the component viewed inFigure 2, the righthandend'of 'links are dependably joined together andyet the connecting link 15 provided vwithfa H capable.` ofconvenient'removal or renewal depending' wall kor flangeV 16,' andtheyleftfor Vadjustment'` of the length ofthe bracehand end. of the basememberkyllt isffianged jv yLilet lorj for repair. Another object 'is toproupwardly providing any e'nd'flange. lor Avwall 70..-y

20 The invention.` accordingly consists in the preferably made Voval in'cross-gsection,;=`las f' vide a construction of "the above nature 17jBetweenfthese flanges16"'andg17-:iis 'inf lmeet the requirements of usein a highly satl.portions laand 13?, so that the link is `pro- 60.

which isstrong 'anddurablef Other Objects terposed, a lspiralcompressionjspring 18` y y i" will' be in part obvious ,orl in partpointed Vwhich thus constantly'urges 'thef connectingy out hereinafter.l1nk15 towardthe right. .This spring'i18jis features of construction,combinations .of may be Seen from Figure 3', as isbestjsuitzedf fvelements, and arrangements of parts asfwill to therectangular'spacewhich it"occupf`s-;l

be exemplified in the Structure to be herein- Stillreferring toFigure'2,'-theleft-hand y y* after described and the scopev of the"applicaend of the-connecting link -1 5 projects from Y `j-25 non ofwhich Win be indicated inthe ronjow- Vthe left-hand end of. the' linkt1o, @mafie-pro-, 80, `f

ing claims. 7 "vided with a downwardly hookedend `20f In theaccompanyingdrawing, in. whi'ch'is which passes over and engages "atransv'erselyshown one ofthe variouspossible embodiextending member 21 of theadjoininglink ments of this invention,l l e `10. Each oftheli'nks 10vis` provided 'adja so .Figure 1-is a sideelevation showing apor-` centvits right-hand* end `with one 'ofthese' 85` tion vof abracelet; e t e Al transversely extending ymembers 21""whichv v Figure yQfisa `verticalsection through the A'preferably taketheform vof''pins, circularconstruction shown in Fig. 1; v' in cross-Section, extendingy betweenan'dse- Figures 3', Lland 5 are sections taken sub- Q cured inl the side:walls 12'and v13) "The i a5 stantially alongthelines 3&3, and lspring18 thus acting through-"theconnecting `9'0"* respectively of Fig. A2.;.s e link 15 and its connection withthefadjoinmg Q Figure l6 isa topplan viewshowing the 'link 10'draws'the twoadjoiningv links jyield parts.in normalpos tion; e `,ingly'together,the ends of their upper-sur-`-yFigure 7 is a view similar to Fig.` showfaces 11 abutting, 'as is shownin Figures'rl, 4o ing'the parts inextended position; Y 2 andj6.f e' e yVFigure 8 is a side elevation of l7, and y The tops of thelinks 10 arepreferably 'en-l Figure 9 shows a pair of 'adjoininglinks graved lor"otherwise provided witha'suitable positioned for 'separation or joining.f design, as vis ,shownv in, Figure 6. The topf Similar referencecharacters refer' toV simsurfaces ofl thev connecting."links15 are'falso45 la'r'parts throughout theseve'ral ,vewsfof preferably,provded'wth acorresponding 10o the drawing. y, e l Y "designj Thus,when'thebracelet'i'sstretched, f Referring nowV tothe drawing in detail,aslshown 'in Figure compressing"the"` there-is shown in Figure 1three-'links 10 of springs 18, .the connecting links. 15 fillythela-braeketchain. These links fare hollow, as .gaps betweenv adjacentAlinks f105and,'"being n 50V shown in Figures T2and;3,-each,comprisingsuitably engraved, preserve thecontinuity ofv '105 I.preferably atopwall11, vertical sidewalls appearance ofthe'braccletf VVherlthefbrace` bly,as shown inFigure 3, the top wallll gapsappear.V

" v.12 and`13, anda bottom wall 14. Prefera-I let is jstretchedor.expanded, "fnol'unsightly y y andthe sidewalls 12andf13 are .formed 'of,Ihe connecting linkslare4 v i i mil one pieceofmetal andthebottomwallfll is depending sidewalls .onangesQZandggz; ,I lq

arranged end to end, means connecting said boX links to form a flexiblechain of ysubstantially continuous outer appearance, said connectingmeans .between two adjacent/'box links comprising a connectinglinkslidable Vloi'lgitudinally within one of the boX links and urgedthereinto by spring means, said connecting link having atop wall andverti cal side walls, said top wall being lextended at one end beyondsaid side walls and being curved downwardly in theshape of a hook,l

V-said transverse pinand the adjacent end of the bottom wall Y of saidboXf link beingA curved upwardly toward said pin;

In testimony whereof, I

of July, A. D. `1925.v

AXEL PERsoN@ khave signed my i naine to this specilication this eighthdayl y

